Relentless downpours; 16,000 evacuated in Dominican Northeast

SANTO DOMINGO.- More than 15,000 people have now been evacuated form rain-soaked communities, as the threat of mudslides in the last few days continues.

In its latest report the Emergency Operations Committee (COE) said of that tot

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